Texas’ strict abortion bans made it “ground zero” for Democrats hoping to rile up their base, but voters prioritized economic issues.

Texas Democrats’ election losses last week are prompting serious self-reflection among some strategists over the decision to focus so much of the campaign cycle on the state’s new abortion restrictions.

A Texas woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday after being charged with threatening to kill individuals including the federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion criminal case against Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

At Shell Energy Stadium, Harris addressed a crowd of 30,000, advocating for reproductive freedom alongside Texas Democratic Senate candidate Colin Allred. In Austin, Trump, joined by Sen. Ted Cruz, focused on border security and crimes committed by migrants, reiterating his party's core messages.

With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North Texas Republican tries to win it. Speaker Dade Phelan of Beaumont and Rep. David Cook of Mansfield are running for the post, as is Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos, a Richardson Democrat.

After the nomination of President-elect Donald Trump, many are wondering if a recount will take place. Here's what state law says.

In his 2016 race against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump lost most of the counties along the Rio Grande by double digits. That changed this cycle.

The last time a Republican president won by this much in Texas was in 2004, when George W. Bush won reelection.

As a candidate for president, Donald Trump promised sweeping changes to economic policy which would, in his telling, lead to greater growth and prosperity across the nation, and in Texas. The once and future president promised to slash taxes and spending,

Donald Trump's resounding presidential election victory in Texas on November 5 "reaffirmed that the Lone Star State remains solidly in Republican control," according to a prominent political scientist.

Ken Paxton asked a judge to order Mr. Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal cases against Donald J. Trump, to preserve his records and avoid “obstruction of accountability.”